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What to know about Meta’s new restrictions on young people’s social media use.
Too much fluoride might lower IQ in kids, a new federal report says. The science (and debate), explained.
Covid’s summer surge, explained
The former president says he’ll block funding for US schools that require vaccines.
Paris hosted a great Olympics. That’ll probably be the exception going forward.
The bill may be coming due for Silicon Valley’s huge investment in AI.
Forget the medals — these athletes won the internet’s love.
Resistance liberals were exhausted. Then Kamala Harris became the nominee.
The vice president’s days as a California prosecutor are difficult to define in clear ideological terms.
Social media is just one big shopping mall.
Violent crime is falling. But understanding why it surged during the pandemic is still important.
A historic defeat brings in new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the Tories pick up the pieces
Introducing “Changing With Our Climate,” a new Vox series explaining Indigenous solutions to extreme weather.
If the stakes of the 2024 election are as great as the party says, there’s no excuse for inaction.
Ultimate fighting and the 2024 election’s connections, explained
Vox’s Dylan Matthews sits down with US trade representative Katherine Tai
We’re probably all listening to music too loudly, alas.
The troubling corporate pullback on Pride Month, briefly explained.
Twitter’s menswear guy explains, from Trump Republicans’ shiny red ties to the horror of “dress sneakers.”
Retracted studies and new treatments reveal the confusing state of Alzheimer’s research.
Some conservatives want to make it a lot harder to dissolve a marriage.
Prosecutors showed Joe Biden’s son isn’t above the law. But there’s a complication to this story.
Too many pedestrians are dying on US roads. Changing car safety ratings could save lives.
If even Death Valley is in trouble, what does that mean for the rest of us?
Cities and states aren’t waiting for the federal government to act.
A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over.
Billions of these bugs are about to erupt from the Earth — and they rule.
The end of amateurism finally comes for college sports. Will we miss it?
It’s getting harder to protect your home from climate risk. Here are some things you can do.
VP picks are usually overhyped. But Trump’s will really matter.
Still ‘rockin’ in the free world’?
Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama are on their last day of voting for a UAW union. Here’s why it matters.
Years ago, scientists made a devastating prediction about the ocean. Now it’s unfolding.
Seventy years after the Brown decision, many students are divided by their race and socioeconomic status.
A separation of church and church.
We eat pigs. Do we need them to process our urine too?
What we learned from Daniels’s testimony.